Excavation of Green Ant and Echidna Shelters, Cape York Peninsula
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25120/qar.3.1986.181Abstract
This paper presents the results of archaeological excavations at Green Ant and Echidna Shelters on the Koolburra Plateau, northwest of Laura in Cape York Peninsula, north Queensland. The work was undertaken as part of a multi-attribute approach to the prehistory of the region. Such an approach to regional prehistory is exemplified by the work of Morwood in the Central Queensland Highlands who used two principal types of evidence in his study, excavated assemblages and rock art, on the basis that "as two strands in the web of evidence documenting the workings of a cultural system, a combined study of art and stone seemed to offer potential for yielding a more detailed account of the processes by which archaeological observations relate to their cultural context" (1981:1). A similar approach seemed well suited to the Koolburra Plateau, which is also extremely rich in rock art sites (Flood 1983b, 1983c).
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
1. Authors are responsible for ensuring that any material that has influenced the research or writing has been properly cited and credited both in the text and in the list of references. Contributors are responsible for gaining copyright clearance on figures, photographs or lengthy quotes used in their manuscript that have been published elsewhere.
2. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
4. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
5. An article will not be published until the signed Author Agreement has been completed and returned to the Editors by the contributor.